Which of the following is an example of a focus area within COBIT?
Correct Answer: C
Question 3
When considering the IT implementation methods design factor, and the design factor value is DevOps, which of the following should be a management objective priority?
Correct Answer: D
Explanation The IT implementation methods design factor describes how an enterprise develops, delivers, and maintains its IT solutions. DevOps is an IT implementation method that emphasizes collaboration, automation, integration, and feedback between the development and operations teams throughout the software development life cycle. One of the management objectives that should be prioritized when using DevOps is managed solution identification and build (BAI03), which involves defining, designing, building, testing, and deploying IT solutions that meet stakeholder requirements and expectations. This management objective supports the DevOps principles of continuous delivery, continuous integration, continuous testing, and continuous deployment, which aim to deliver high-quality IT solutions faster and more reliably.References: : COBIT 2019 Design Guide, page 43-45 : COBIT 2019 Process Reference Guide, page 67-69
Question 4
When Tailoring a governance system, what would be the MOST appropriate level of threat landscape for an enterprise in the health care sector?
Correct Answer: C
Explanation The threat landscape is a design factor that describes the types and levels of threats that an enterprise faces from internal and external sources that could compromise its information and technology assets. The threat landscape helps to determine the level of security and resilience that an enterprise needs to protect its information and technology assets from unauthorized access use disclosure modification destruction or disruption. When tailoring a governance system for an enterprise what would be the most appropriate level of threat landscape for an enterprise in the health care sector is high. The health care sector is a sector that provides health care services such as diagnosis treatment prevention rehabilitation etc., to individuals or populations. The health care sector has a high level of threat landscape compared to other sectors such as manufacturing or retail which have lower levels of threat landscape. This is because the health care sector handles sensitive personal data such as medical records health insurance information patient identifiers etc., that are subject to strict privacy and security regulations such as HIPAA GDPR etc., as well as ethical and legal obligations. The health care sector also relies on critical information and technology systems such as electronic health records telemedicine devices medical devices etc., that are essential for delivering quality health care services to patients. The health care sector faces various types of threats such as cyberattacks data breaches identity theft ransomware malware phishing social engineering natural disasters human errors etc., that could compromise its information and technology assets resulting in financial losses reputational damage legal liabilities regulatory penalties patient harm etc. Therefore when tailoring a governance system for an enterprise in the health care sector it is important to consider a high level of threat landscape and design a governance system that can effectively manage the potential impacts of threats on its information and technology assets5 References: 5: COBIT 2019 Design Guide: page 41-43 : COBIT 2019 Design Guide: page 47-48
Question 5
An enterprise plans to outsource all of its noncore IT operations but wants to ensure the proper level of governance, risk and compliance (GRC) controls. Which of the following governance and management objectives would provide the MOST relevant management practices for the enterprise?
Correct Answer: D
Explanation The management objective APO09 Managed Service Agreements involves ensuring that IT services are delivered in accordance with agreed-upon service levels and costs. This management objective covers the activities of defining, negotiating, establishing, monitoring, reporting, and reviewing service agreements between service providers and service consumers. This management objective is most relevant for an enterprise that plans to outsource all of its noncore IT operations but wants to ensure the proper level of governance, risk and compliance (GRC) controls. By applying this management objective, the enterprise can improve its service governance and management capabilities, ensure alignment of IT services with business strategy and objectives, enhance service performance and outcomes, and increase service consumer satisfaction and value realization. This management objective also involves ensuring that the outsourced IT services comply with the applicable laws, regulations, standards, guidelines, contracts, or agreements that govern the information and technology activities of the enterprise, as well as with the enterprise's policies, procedures, processes, practices, etc. This management objective also involves managing the risks associated with outsourcing IT services such as loss of control, vendor lock-in, quality issues, security breaches, etc.References: : COBIT 2019 Process Reference Guide: Governance and Management Objectives: page 63-65 : COBIT 2019 Implementation Guide: page 49-50
